Foundation Establishment and Mind Sense

"Similar to skills and talents, an increase in one point in cultivation requires ten Energy Points."

1000 Energy Points spent... [Qi Condensation Lv.2 (0/200)]

2000 Energy Points spent... [Qi Condensation Lv.3 (0/300)]

3000 Energy Points spent... [Qi Condensation Lv.4 (0/400)]

4000 Energy Points spent... [Qi Condensation Lv.5 (0/500)]

As Meng Tian kept on spending the Energy Points, they were converted into Qi essence. It circulated through all of his meridians and organs, finally condensing into blue liquid drops inside his dantian. As the Qi condensation carried on, the dantian was filled up to a little above 13%. Every time the Qi washed his body and gathered in his dantian, his five Primary Stats kept increasing as well.

[Strength +20]

[Speed +20]

[Agility +20]

[Intelligence +20]

[Spirit +20]

[Primary Stat Synchronization Complete]

Meng Tian observed all of what was happening inside his body. His Primary Stats were increasing in proportion to the Energy Points that would have been spent, if they were raised individually without leveling up cultivation. This was all because of the Stat Synchronization that had been unlocked earlier. Even now, the time passed in cultivation had been at most a minute.

He did not know what to do next. So, he thought of drinking up some of the remaining recovery serums and store up his Energy Points. He had to leave some serums unused for any emergency that might arise. So, he consumed 35 more bottles of recovery serum, generating a total of 35,000 extra Energy Points. He then immediately began using them to level up his cultivation again.

5000 Energy Points spent... [Qi Condensation Lv.6 (0/600)]

6000 Energy Points spent... [Qi Condensation Lv.7 (0/700)]

7000 Energy Points spent... [Qi Condensation Lv.8 (0/800)]

8000 Energy Points spent... [Qi Condensation Lv.9 (0/900)]

9000 Energy Points spent... [Second Realm Progression Complete]

After spending the entire 35000 Energy Points, Meng Tian's dantian was completely filled and saturated with a blue liquid. This condensed Qi stopped circulating and stayed silent while his Soul in the consciousness space trembled a little. Just like from before, the five Primary Stats started increasing to reach another limit, i.e., 100. This was the limit to be achieved for stepping into the next cultivation realm, the Foundation Establishment.

[Strength +70]

[Speed +70]

[Agility +70]

[Intelligence +70]

[Spirit +70]

[Primary Stat Synchronization Complete]

As soon as this prompt came up, Meng Tian's Soul started shrinking to one-fourth the size that it had been before. The quality of the Soul seemed to have reached yet another level.

The reason is because, Meng Tian had leveled up his water talent twice during the Qi Condensation Realm, resulting in his soul size became four times than normal. Hence, upon breaking through, this excess size is eliminated and the soul quality is increased using this compression process. Therefore, after each realm progression, the size of the soul is reset, but the quality of the soul is increased by leaps and bounds when compared to a normal cultivator.

The only quantitative measure for this was the Spirit Stat currently at 100. Now that an equilibrium had been achieved and the Qi Condensation had reached Perfection, the blue Qi liquid inside his dantian started moving.

It kept on circulating within the dantian, and began condensing into a square platform with strange runic markings. This thick solid platform was golden in color and blue runic markings were dispersed all over the six faces of its body. The entire blue liquid was condensed into this solid structure with gave off an ancient aura,... a pressure which made everyone else bow towards it.

At the center of the golden platform, the blue runic markings formed a beautiful lotus flower. It felt surreal as the lotus would come to life at any moment and bloom in front of him. The formation of this platform is the sign for the successful breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Meng Tian once again heard a distinctive sound of shackles breaking in his ears. This happened right after he broke through into the Qi Condensation Realm and now right after the moment he broke through to the Foundation Establishment Realm. His Body and Soul felt an unprecedented weight instantly vanish from his shoulders both of these times.

"What are these 'shackles'? Who imposed them? Is the world itself or some greater being? Does it have anything to do with the current transformation of the planet? Do cultivators need to break through these shackles every time they want to improve their cultivation?..."

"I have my System to thank as it breaks them automatically once I reach a cultivation level. Wait a second... My Soul is not a native of this World... What if I am the only one who has to breakthrough the shackles?..." He did not want to continue this line of thought as many things were totally out of his control.

[Foundation Establishment Level 1 (0/1,000)]

[Current Maximum Health: 100,000]

Meng Tian decided to forget about the shackles and started to revel in his newfound power, as his cultivation reached Foundation Establishment. But he was currently left with a little over 2,600 Energy Points. Hence, he could not perform any more rapid cultivation today. However, he found an interesting aspect to keep himself busy, the blue Runes on the golden platform floating inside his dantian.

He started observing the Runes very carefully. Although Meng Tian could not understand them, his Experience in Runes kept on climbing, albeit a little gradually. He was completely immersed in his studies, when the sound of a shower room opening entered his ears. He immediately thought of the naked lady from before and his concentration was diverted a little.

He focused on the sounds outside his shower room and surprisingly he could form a clear picture of what was happening in his mind. A new kind of sense apart from his five senses was slowly taking shape. As he continued using it, Meng Tian gained complete hold of this new 'sense' in a matter of seconds. He named this new and unique sense as his 'Mind Sense'.

Meng Tian continued using his Mind Sense to 'see' the situation outside. He could 'see' this stunning beauty who was now fully dressed, slowly use the towel to dry her hair. She walked a little further but suddenly felt like someone was looking at her. She gave an auxiliary glance towards the shower area again before shrugging and finally exiting.

He could never forget about this lady for the rest of his life. Her captivating face and bewitching body were burned into his mind.

"I hope she never finds out about what had happened today. All Gods in Heaven, kindly bless this poor soul from experiencing the wrath of this transcended beauty."

Meng Tian took out the smartphone from his consciousness space and messaged Fatty Li to get some gym clothes and come to the gym's shower area. Fatty Li was in the Information Technology class when he got this message and he was immediately confused.

"What could have possibly happened to Xiao Tian that he was hiding in the showers inside the gym? He had always been strange but did he somehow develop an embarrassing fetish or something?"

Fatty Li did not take much time and asked the Teacher to go to the toilet and went to the lockers in the gym. Fortunately he had an extra pair of clothes stashed inside for emergencies. He picked them up and went to the shower area. "Xiao Tian, where you at? Hello!..."

Meng Tian was startled awake from his runic studies. He opened his shower door slightly, poked his head out and called, "Xiao Li, I am here. Did you find any clothes?"

Fatty Li casually handed a small bag to him and Meng Tian came out of the shower about a few minutes later. He got used to his new and powerful body pretty quickly. When Fatty Li saw him come out, he spoke with a serious expression, "Xiao Tian, did someone steal your clothes? Let me be straight. Anyone who harasses my brother will pay the price."

"Hahaha... I know you mean well, my brother. There is nothing like that. My clothes got torn during Sword practice and I forgot to get a spare set before walking in to the shower. That's it. Anyway, I don't think there's anyone in this school who could beat me..." Meng Tian patted Fatty Li's shoulders and they walked to the nearby vending machine.

In the distance, Meng Tian could see two girls near the same vending machine. They were discussing something very serious and a moment later started giggling. Even from a distance, he was sure that one of those was the lady from before.

As he was looking at her, she coincidentally looked his way as well. Their eyes made contact for a brief moment but the girl casually looked away, and continued her conversation with her friend. Meng Tian was not surprised by how she ignored him. He just sighed a little and started thinking about what he could do to get more Energy Points.

Noticing Meng Tian get distracted by the girls, Fatty Li spoke in a light voice, "Xiao Tian, don't even think about it. They are our seniors from third year, Yu Xunuo and Lin Caihong... and the two most popular girls, I might add. They are among the top five martial arts students from this entire province. They are set to join the Capital College in a few months. You don't stand a chance at all."

"It's not that... I just...", Before Meng Tian could even finish his sentence, he heard a voice calling to them. "Student Meng and Student Li, What are you doing here skipping classes?"